The absurd hyperbole seemed to be a hangover from the Brexit vote, which many on the liberal Left (and some on the liberal Right) considered to be a harbinger of a dark new age. Traditional conservative opinions were suddenly being declared outside the bounds of acceptable debate, and those who expressed them were characterised as Nazi-adjacent. (In fact, our current Deputy Prime Minister, dare we forget, went so far as saying that comparing Brexit-supporting Tory MPs to Nazis was “not strong enough”.) In the years since, the phenomenon has metastasised, with the labels “far right”, “fascist” and “Nazi” now attached...